Francis Grady has been found competent to stand trial in a car-theft case in Outagamie County. Grady was found guilty of setting fire in April to a Planned Parenthood clinic in Grand Chute.

Written by

Jim Collar
Post-Crescent staff writer

A Freedom man who was convicted in federal court of setting fire to a Grand Chute Planned Parenthood clinic has been found competent to proceed in a related Outagamie County case.

A federal judge plans to use the same psychiatrist's opinion in determining whether Francis G. Grady is mentally fit to be sentenced for the April 1 arson.

Grady, 50, faces between five and 20 years in prison on the federal conviction. A jury found Grady guilty in July of breaking a window, pouring gasoline inside and igniting it. The fire caused minor damage. ...